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1+ week, 1+ day ago (138+ words) FOSSIL themercury.com Corbin Bullard, 12, recently displayed his fossil discovery in Manhattan at the Flint Hills Discovery Center. 4-Her's rare fossil find highlights Kansas State Fair exhibits In the nearly four months since publicly revealing that he had uncovered a…...
Mysterious substance found in 66-million-year-old dinosaur bone
4+ week, 14+ hour ago (297+ words) Scientists a 66-million-year-old dinosaur bone have identified preserved molecules of collagen, the main protein in bone tissue. The unusual discovery is prompting scientists to reconsider the view that all organic molecules inevitably disappear during fossilization. The study results Analytical Chemistry…...
It wiped out 90% of life on Earth, turned the oceans into graveyards??? and it very nearly ended life on our planet entirely
3+ hour, 59+ min ago (259+ words) It wiped out 90% of life on Earth, turned the oceans into graveyards – and it very nearly ended life on our planet entirely BBC Wildlife Magazine It wiped out 90% of life on Earth, turned the oceans into graveyards – and it very…...
Explained: How Poo Was Key In The Cambrian Explosion | HuffPost UK Life
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (277+ words) A new study reveals the ‘faecal revolution’ that kicked off the existence of most major animal groups. A new study published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution has revealed that a giant ‘poop explosion’ may have influenced the period of…...
Paleontologists spent 20 years carbon-dating thousands of marine fossils, then used them to decode a process fundamental to Earth’s history
3+ week, 3+ day ago (655+ words) “What continually amazes me is just how much time a bunch of fossils collected from a single sediment layer can represent. In some cases, well-preserved fossil organisms that are found next to each other might have lived hundreds or thousands…...
The Dinosaurs Beneath Our Feet
2+ week, 6+ day ago (271+ words) Drive across America and the landscape seems familiar. Cattle graze beneath the enormous skies of Montana. Highways cut through the red-rock country of Utah. Rivers wind through Texas. Forests cover parts of Connecticut and New Jersey. Towns, farms, parking lots,…...
We tend to think of oxygen as the essential requirement for animal life, but a less-than-10-celled parasite called Henneguya salminicola that lives inside salmon muscle has no mitochondrial genome and no ability to breathe, making it the first animal ever confirmed to survive without needing oxygen at all
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (1223+ words) A millimetre-long salmon parasite called Henneguya salminicola has no mitochondrial genome and cannot use oxygen — the first multicellular animal ever confirmed to live its entire life cycle without breathing. By Life Signs · Edited by Justin Brown Published September 7, 2026 · How we…...
Why the shells you find on the beach survived Earth’s worst extinction
3+ week, 1+ day ago (577+ words) Scientists have found why some sea creatures survived Earth’s biggest extinction while others disappeared, showing that rising temperatures and falling oxygen levels played a major role, with warnings for today. A new study led by Stanford University describes how some…...
Study Says 'Poop Explosion' Helped Start Complex Life on Earth
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (382+ words) Scientists believe a massive release of fossilized animal poop may have helped trigger the explosion of complex life on our planet. Save your scatological jokes as you read this next story. We've got enough poop puns in it already. Scientists…...
A fossil feather preserved inside dinosaur poop could help explain why birds survived the mass extinction
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (320+ words) “It’s such a beautiful, well-preserved feather, from such an unexpected source, and it’s exciting that it could help us answer this huge question in paleontology,” says Jingmai O’Connor, the lead author of the new paper and the associate curator of…...